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NM News – Gila and Cutthroat Restoration Updates
New Mexico Game Commissioners at a Nov. 1, 2007 meeting in Raton where problems with the state Game and Fish Department’s native trout restoration projects were revealed. The state Department of Game and Fish’s efforts to restore Gila and cutthroat trout to portions of their native territory has been marred by setbacks including the use … Continue reading
Road Trip NM – Paliza Canyon, Jemez Mountains
Wren Propp and Karl Moffatt are the first to wed at the newly remodeled Paliza Group Campground in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico with Rev. Milton Propp officiating on Sept. 29, 2007. Towering red rock cliffs, cool ponderosa pines and a brand new, covered pavilion make the newly remodeled Paliza group shelter in the … Continue reading
Road Trip NM – Sugarite Canyon
If Sugarite Canyon is the crown jewel of New Mexico’s state parks, then volunteers like Dan Schamber are the ones who put the shine on it. “We wouldn’t be the great park we are without them,” said Bob Dye, park superintendent. “We just wouldn’t be able to offer the services and quality programming we have.” … Continue reading
Piedra River – The Ute’s Build a Mean Stream
Tired of crowded campgrounds, rivers overrun with anglers, the same old scenery?Consider a trip into Indian Country, some place like the Southern Ute Reservation just across the Colorado state line. The Southern Utes have four great rivers running through their territory, the San Juan, the Piedra, the Pine and the Animas. The Ute’s six-mile stretch … Continue reading
Maps – Where to Get Them and Why
Richard Atkinson, manager of the Public Lands Information Center at 1474 Rodeo Road in Santa Fe, N.M. displays the popular and informative BLM Land Status map in Sept. 2007. Maps. Face it, if you live in New Mexico, sooner or later, you’re going to need one. And Santa Fe boasts two great shops for finding … Continue reading
Flyfishing New Mexico 101 – A How to Guide
The author casts while fishing at Eagle Nest lake in Northeast New Mexico during a summer of 2007 trip.Photo courtesy of Greg Faught, Green Mountain Anglers. So maybe you wanted to learn to fly fish this summer but after a visit to one of Santa Fe’s fly shops you were left wondering how, what with … Continue reading
Who’ll Stop the Rain? A Tale From the Far Bank
The car windows were too steamed up to see out anymore, my sodden military poncho lay in a puddle on the floorboards between my legs, the dog was curled in a ball upon a mound of gear on the front seat, it’s nose tucked under her body. I leaned back in the seat as far … Continue reading
Road Trip NM – Mills Canyon
New Mexico’s prairie is wide-eyed country where the clouds loom as big as mountains and the grassland never seems to end. And it’s out here hidden in a broad, deep canyon through which the Canadian River flows that one can find some of the peace and the solitude summer can bring. It’s not one of … Continue reading
NM News – Gila Trout Available to Limited Angling
Gila Trout. Photo courtesy of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Nearly driven to extinction, New Mexico’s Gila trout has rebounded enough due to recovery efforts to allow anglers to pursue the rare trophy fish beginning July 1st, 2007. “It’s a wonderful thing,” said Dennis Johnson, 52, a New Mexico State University chemistry professor … Continue reading
Comanche Creek – Return to My Roots
The hot, dry summer air trembled slightly. I stopped my cast and looked about. Nothing moved except the flies buzzing about my head, crawling upon my bare legs, tickling me. I cocked my head back and looked up. I could see tool marks on the belly of the B-1 bomber as it silently passed overhead. … Continue reading